Clothes-line support.



'E. H. BUUTON.

CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.30.1915.

Patented May 2,1916.

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E. H. BOUTON. CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-30, 1915.

Patented May 2, 1916.

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UNITED STATESMPATENT orricn.

EUGENE H. BOUTON. OF LIVINGSTON MANOR. NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORT.

Application filed August 30, 1915. Serial No. 47,973.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that l, EUGENE H. BoUToN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Livingston Manor, in the county of Sullivan and State of New York, have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Supports, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a clothes line supporting device. of that class which is to be attached to a window frame and adapted to carry a clothes line running to a distant outside pulley. and which supporting device is of such a character that it may be brought partly within the window, so that the clothes to be dried may be attached to the lower limb of the clothes line by a person standing within a room, thus avoiding the necessity of the operator leaning out of the window.

The present improvement relates more nirticularly to that class of clothes line supports mounted for sliding movement, to be drawn inside of the window for the adjustment of the clothes, and then he slid outward so that the window may be closed. if

desired, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings l igure 1 is an elevation showing the invention in the position it will occupy when extended outward from its support on the window frame or casing. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the positions which the parts will occupy when the clothes line supporting-bar is partly drawn within a room for attaching the clothes to or removing them from the clothes line. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the invention with the parts in the positions shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical section on line 4-4:. Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of certain parts best Fig. 7 is a detail section on line 7-7. Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 12 denotes a bracket to be attached to the outside of a Window frame or casing. Mounted on the bracketlQ. by means of a pivot bolt 18, is a rectangular support 14: having the lower face of its horizontal portion radially Specification of Letters Patent.

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grooved or notched, so that any one of the grooves or notches in the said face may be brought into register with a radial rib 16 on the upper face of the outer horizontal supporting portion 17 of the bracket 12. This construction permits the support 11 to be turned or adjusted to ditl'erent horizontal positions and to be securely held in any desired position of adjustment when the lint 18 on the bolt 13 is tightened.

Attached to the upright portion of the support 11. by means of a pivot bolt 19, is a bracket 20 having outwardly extending arms 21 and 22 provided with inwardly projecting lugs or portions 23. This construction alfords a runway for the sliding clothes line supporting arm or bar Ql, said projecting portions being adapted to extend over the lower rail of the said supporting arm or bar and thus hold said bar down on the said arms '21 and as the said bar is moved back and forth on the guideway atforded by said bracket 20 and its arms 21 and 22. The front face of the right angular support 14 is preferably provided with a series of radial grooves or notchesQ-W which are adapted to receive radial ribs 26 on the inner face of the bracket 20. By virtue of this construction the bracket 20 may be tiltingly adjusted on its pivot bolt 19 and when the nut 27 on the said bolt is tightened the said bracket will be rigidly secured in any desired position of adjustment.

Mounted at the inner end of the clothes line supporting bar 24 is a pulleyQS which is in alinement with a clothes line guideway loop 29 near the outer end of said bar, said loop being closed by a pin 30 on which is preferably mounted a sheave or pulley 31 which will assist in a free running of the clothes line through the said loop. The clothes line supporting bar 24 is also preferably provided at its inner end with a handle 32 by which the said bar may be conveniently operated in sliding the same back and forth on its runway afl'orded by the bracket 20. Above the loop at the inner end of said bar in which the pulley 28 is mounted is an eye which may be engaged by a hook B-l on a supporting chain 35 running to a suitable support, as a screw eye,

and by which chain the inner end of said' bar 2. may be. supported when said bar is drawn within the room for the adjustment of the clothes on the clothes line.

livotally mounted on the bracket 20 is a locking latchI-lt' whichnwhen the clothesline supporting-bar 2+ is drawn inward within the room, is adapted to be dropped into a notch or recess 37 near the outer end of the said bar 24, and thus lock the bar in its inner position when clothes are to be placed on or removed from the clothes line. When the. clothes line supporting bar 21L is to be extended outward the said locking latch 36 wih be lifted from said notch 37 andlsaid latch is so arranged relative to the guiding loop 29 that when is in its lifted position it w1ll swing past said loop and will engage the upper limb of the clothes line, so that as the said bar Qi is slid outward the said latch will serve as a Lake-up for the clothes lin in that a bight or loop of the said clothes lin will be brought around said locking latch nnen the latter is in its lifted position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. and by thus engaging the upper limb oi' the clothes line and forming a loop therein the. latter will not be tightened or slackened as the bar 2+ is extended outward or drawn inward.

The arm 22 is preferably extended upward so as to form a steadying guide for the upper rail or part of the clothes line supporting bar 24. To prevent the said clothes line suppo'ting bar 2t from being slidingly disengaged from the bracket 20,.

when drawn inward tor the manip lation of the clothes, the said bar is prelerably provided at its outer end with a stop lug 38 rcmovably secured thereto. the said stop lug being attached to said bar after the latter has been placed in its position on the. supporting bracket '20.

By virtue of the two joints afl'orded by the pivot bolts 13 and 1!) the clothes line supporting bar it may be adjusted either vertically-or horizontally to bring the said bar into proper alinement with the distant outside pulley, as $39. to which the clothes line is to run, so that the clothes line may be free to be drawn back and forth easily when being manipulated. Such manipulation of the line will take place when the clothes line supporting bar 24 is drawn inward, as shown in Fig. 2, and when said bar is thus in its inward position the line will. run freely from the inner pulley 28 to the distant out side pulley 31). the line at this time not passing around the pulley 31 or the take-up locking-latch 3U.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the present invention provides a desirable clothes line support which may be conveniently partly drawn within a room when clothes are to be applied to or removed from the line. the construction being such that the clothes line supporting bar may be readily adjusted tor alinement with the distant outside pulley. while means are provided for taking up or letting out slack in the clothes line when its supporting bar is slid out or in, as also means for locking said supporting bar when drawn inward for attaching the clothes to the line and removing them therei'rom. and for permitting the line to run freely when being manipulated.

Having thus described my invention I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1'. A clothes line support comprising a bracket adapted to be attached to a window frame or casing and having an outwardly extending horizontal portion, a support pivotally attached to the horizontal portion of said bracket and having vertical and horizontal parts, a runway bracket pivota'lly attached to the vertical part of said support, a clothes line supporting bar slidingly mounted on said runway bracket, and means on said clothes line bar for properly guiding a clothes line.

2. A: clothes line support comprising a bracket adapted to be attached to a Window frame or casing and having an outwardly extending horizontal portion, a support pivotally attached to the horizontal portion of said bracket and having vertical and horizontal parts, a runway bracket pivotally attached to the vertical portion of said support, a clothes line supporting bar slidingly mounted on said runway bracket, means on said clothes line bar for properly guiding a clothes line. means for locking said sliding supporting bar in place when drawn inward, said locking means comprising a notch in said bar and a pivoted locking latch adapted to rest in said notch.

I). clothes line support comprising a bracket adapted to be attached to a window frame or casing and having an outwardly extending horizontal portion, a support pivotally attached to the horizontal portion of said bracket and having vertical and horizontal arms or parts, a runway bracket pivotally attached to the vertical portion of said support, a clothes line supporting bar slidingly mounted on said runway bracket, means on said clothes line bar for properly guiding a clothes line, means, comprising a notch in said sliding supporting bar and a locking latch to engage said notch, for locking said bar in place when drawn inward,

said locking latch being arranged to be lifted above said sliding Sll1')])0lfillf bar when released "trom said notch. so as to engage the upper limb of the clothes line aml thus serve as a take-up for slack in the said line when the said supporting bar is moved outward.

4-. A clothesline support comprising a bracket adapted to be attached to a window frame or casing, a runway bracket connected with said supporting bracket, a

clothes line supporting bar slidingly mount- 1 ed on said runway bracket, means on sald clothes line bar for properly guiding a clothes line, means for locking said sliding supporting bar when drawn inward, said locking means comprising a notch in said bar and a pivoted locking latch adapted to l) rest in said notch.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

EUGENE H. BOUTON. 

